MPD: Woman stabs man and two children

Published 11:51 am, Friday, February 12, 2016

Rotiavia R. Morrison, 30, was arrested Feb. 10 for allegedly stabbing a man and two children, according to court documents.

Morrison was being held Feb. 11 on a first-degree felony charge of aggravated assault of a date/family/house member and a state felony of injury to a child.

Officers were dispatched to Newport Apartments in reference to people fighting and screaming. The door to the apartment was open and officers observed that the carpet had been stained with blood, according to her affidavit.

A 30-year-old Midland woman was arrested early Wednesday morning for allegedly stabbing a man and two children, according to court documents.

Rotiavia R. Morrison was being held Thursday on a first-degree felony charge of aggravated assault of a date/family/house member and a state felony of injury to a child. Bond had not been set as of Thursday evening.

Officers were dispatched to Newport Apartments in reference to people fighting and screaming. The door to the apartment was open and officers observed that the carpet had been stained with blood, according to her affidavit.

A man was lying covered in blood on a bed, and two children came running outside, stating that Morrison and the man had been fighting and that one of the young children had been stabbed in the back, according to the affidavit.

Officers observed a stab wound to the back of one of the children's arms and back, and the second child's right hand was bloody from a laceration on his right thumb, according to the affidavit. Morrison was unclear about what transpired, according to the affidavit.

Morrison had started an argument with the man, which prompted him to order her out of the apartment, according to the affidavit. Morrison then grabbed a television and broke it, fueling the argument more and eventually leading to Morrison grabbing a knife and swinging at the man, according to the affidavit.

The man was stabbed in the arm, at which point he wrestled Morrison to the floor, attempting to get the knife from her, according to the affidavit. At that point, the children woke up and attempted to intervene, according to the affidavit.

Both children were cut by the knife, and Morrison stabbed the man a second time, according to the affidavit.

If convicted of the first-degree and state felony, Morrison could face up to 99 years in prison and up to two years in jail.